“I’m talking about breaking into a maximum security prison on high alert to rescue a criminal wanted for the murder of a high-ranking government official. Not to mention that the varcolac may be trying to kill us at the same time.”

Mandy swears that barely a day goes by that he isn’t asked by someone, somewhere, to recite Inigo Montoya’s most famous words, in which he vows vengeance on behalf of his father. “And I never let them down,” he says.

"You're involved with something dangerous, aren't you?" She asks. I start to respond, but through the weighty silence of the cellar, a scream shoots out, frantic and horrified. My head snaps toward it. I know that voice.